Australia's agricultural identity : an Aboriginal yarn
Gilbert, Joshua2025
Books, Manuscripts
Putting culture back in Agriculture. A young, entrepreneurial Worimi man leaps into the discussion of agriculture on this land on which we live, its past, but more importantly, its future. Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights. Starting from his own Worimi Country, where his family history is captured in the journals of the Australian Agricultural Company - among the earliest written records of agricultural practice on this continent - Josh listens to yarns about the farming that has always been and continues to take place on that Country, which demonstrate that Indigenous culture is not static; it can account for and inform our approaches to land and climate even as they are changing. As he contemplates these stories and histories, Josh seeks to provide a new understanding that Australians, as a nation of farmers and land managers, need to develop our agricultural system into one where Indigenous and Western knowledges converge. One where we acknowledge the realities of Australia's farming heritage, both positive and negative, and find ways to feed our population while caring for Country and ensuring the livelihood of Australia's farming towns. He explores what it means to be an Aboriginal person today, what it means to be a farmer and even what it means to say you are Australian. Where these notions overlap, and how we might start to weave a common story that brings together all these ideas. So that we can create a truly Australian agricultural yarn - one that we all build together.
Main title:
Australia's agricultural identity : an Aboriginal yarn / Joshua Gilbert.
Author:
Gilbert, Joshua, author
Imprint:
North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Books, 2025.©2025
Collation:
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781761047374 (paperback)
Dewey class:
338.1089915
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
101296
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